The aristocrats are acting, and the capitalists are naturally not idle, they have always regarded themselves as reformers, and now they have suddenly changed their roles, and many people are very uncomfortable.

In a manor house in Vienna, a banquet was being held, attended by mostly Austrian capitalists and, of course, a group of experts and scholars.

"Mr. Vereth, the current public opinion is very unfavorable to us, many people are attacking us for being mercenary, if we don't take action, the enemy's conspiracy will be realized!"

"Yes, they don't have a backache when they stand and talk, and they don't think about the actual situation, now the competition is so fierce, our profits are already very thin!"

"That is, we have such a little profit, and the market is ever-changing, maybe we will lose money tomorrow if we make money today, and we will continue to invest in expanding production, and it would be good to be able to feed the workers!

Where is the money to give them a better salary, if there is a labor protection law that gives all the benefits to the workers, won't we do it in vain?

When the time comes, who will invest in industry? These nobles, they lie down every day to make money, thinking about these crooked ways! ”

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The venerable Verreth spoke, "Well, gentlemen, we are well aware of these questions, and at this time we must unite and let the enemy see our strength!"

Labor protection laws are absolutely inadmissible, with the first time, there will be a second time, and if we give in, the enemy will press forward step by step.

The nobles wanted to strangle us, but they didn't have the courage to do it directly, so they came up with a shady idea.

Don't look at it, the current labor protection law only requires us to take a small step back, but once the enemy's ambitions are successful, they will constantly encourage the workers to rise up against us.

Finally, take advantage of the high labor cost to let us go into decline, so as to ensure that their high position is not shaken! ”

"Mr. Verres, what are we to do now? You must know that it is the aristocracy that controls the government now, and many of us may have used our influence to lobby the government, but it is still not optimistic! ”

Veres sneered and said, "Mr. Trios, what you said is not wrong, the nobles control the government, how can our appeal be effective?"

Why did the aristocracy propose the "Labor Protection Law", and it was rare that they were really overflowing with love? If that's the case, why didn't they emancipate the serfs? ”

Yes, why did the nobles suddenly become kind?

Everyone is an old fox, this question is clear, and in a short period of time, everyone has come up with several reasons.

For example, the divergence of attention from reform to the welfare of workers; Or the revenge of the aristocracy against the demands of the bourgeoisie for the abolition of serfdom......

"Mr. Verreth mean, we continue to ours?" Trios asked uncertainly

Veres said indignantly: "Yes, we can't be led by the nose by the enemy, the main purpose of the nobles in proposing the Labor Protection Law is to make us make concessions.

But can we budge?

Take a step back and you're in the abyss!

Now the most important thing for us is to expose the enemy's wolf ambitions and win more people on our side, so that we can win the final victory! ”

"But Mr. Vereth, the enemy suddenly took us by surprise, and now public opinion is very unfavorable to us, and many neutrals have fallen to them on this issue!" Ham asked, frowning

Verres's face changed, he knew that he was not convincing as a leader, and Ham was one of his challenges, on the surface he was okay with his questioning, but secretly he was secretly murderous.

"Mr. Ham, I think that such a simple matter is not a problem for everyone at all, and it is not easy to convince them?

It's not the first time we've bribed some of them to speak for us, killed the diehards, and blamed the secret police! ”

Black or white, it doesn't matter anymore, public opinion can also be manipulated. Everyone is fighting for the sake of profit, and the capitalists do not want to give up the interests that have already been obtained, even if they use the government to make concessions in other areas.

It is the nature of capitalists who only want to get, not want to give, they may be weak elsewhere, and once it comes to their own interests, then they can also burst out with twelve points of combat effectiveness.

Now that Veris has made things clear, then everyone's gentlemanly demeanor can be dispensed with, and soon Austria will feel what the corners of the capitalist's mouth are.

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The capitalists are very strong in combat, at least in terms of influence on public opinion, much stronger than the aristocracy, and if it were not for the censorship of books and newspapers, public opinion would have been reversed.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz didn't bother to complain, in this wave of battles, the conservative aristocracy was really muddy and couldn't support the wall.

The first to be fooled by the capitalists were the students, and the University of Vienna was the first to be attacked, and many people thought it was a government hoax.

Really think, or fake think, this Franz doesn't know, anyway, he knows that many people are bought by the capitalists.

Franz instructed: "Tyron, give a hint to Archduke Louis that they will discover the conspiracy of the bourgeoisie and get the Labor Protection Act out as soon as possible!" ”

The best thing to do now is to take advantage of the capitalists' counterattack to create an established fact.

Franz did not bother to participate in the specific content of the "Labor Protection Act", he knew that now the aristocracy wanted to take revenge on the bourgeoisie, so the provisions of this law would be very unfavorable to the capitalists.

Franz didn't bother to care about the connection between the intelligence organization and the aristocracy, and he had to admit that he overestimated these rotten aristocrats.

Anyway, they also controlled the government, and under the influence of the bourgeoisie, a bill was not implemented for several months.

Time flew by, and after months of controversy and bibling, on November 21, 1847, a new page was finally opened in history, and the first "Labor Protection Act" of the Austrian Empire was shockingly released.

The Labor Protection Act stipulates that:

1. From March 1, 1848, Austria began to implement the eight-hour work system, and workers could voluntarily choose whether to work overtime; (Capitalists are not allowed to cut their wages because of this, and they must pay overtime for overtime)

2. The local government will set the minimum wage standard in the near future, and all factories operating in Austria must be implemented in accordance with the regulations;

3. Implement regulations on the protection of work-related injuries, and the government will introduce specific measures in the near future;

4. It is forbidden to deduct wages and arrears of wages without reason, and the offender will be fined more than ten times the compensation, and the industrial and commercial department will be fined according to the severity of the circumstances;

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